Intellectual Disability Parent and Carer Information Sessions
These sessions have been developed jointly by the CAMHS Intellectual Disability Team and the City of Edinburgh Council Educational Psychology Service. The aim is to provide a general overview of intellectual disability in children and adolescents. They are for information purposes only, please contact your health care professional if you require specific support or advice.
Embracing Difference is a 6-Session recorded group for parents of Primary aged Children who are neurodivergent or present with developmental divergence. The group aims to provide parents with up to date information and strategies to support their child, to optimise their learning and reduce distress. it also offers strategies to support parental self care and wellbeing.
Embracing Difference draws from current research and evidence-based practice to provide information on how to support children with neuro-divergent.
Each week focusses on a different area and provides strategies and information for parents to use with their child, in order to support them to flourish.